Here is a collection of social commentaries and short fiction pieces written by a veteran newspaper journalist now focusing on the small, but consequential moments of ordinary life and all the surrounding noise we need to learn to ignore.
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A writer for all seasons
(NOTE: This tribute was first published by me in March, 2026 and is re-published here on the occasion of Wendell’s passing yesterday at age 92.)
All writers, I think, can point to an early mentor or inspiration who encouraged them to first...
Who do you think you’re talking to?
Do you talk to yourself? Come on, go ahead and admit it. It’s okay because everybody does it. Some people talk to themselves more than others, of course. And, there’s always going to be a few stubborn holdouts that claim they never do it. B...
The story of marijuana
Getting stoned on pot ain’t what it used to be. Speaking euphemistically, today’s marijuana strains have a reputation for being much more potent than from olden days. Marijuana is now legal or semi-legal in most places and, copping a nickel...
Termites
Termite mounds found in Africa.
Anyone who has had their house eaten up by swarming termites probably doesn’t want to believe that our lives and the elaborate biological web that supports all other living things on our planet might not exi...
Tools R Us
Perhaps the best way to tell the story of humankind is to follow its inventions and use of tools, beginning with the stone age and evolving through the bronze and iron ages and on to the recent ages of industrialization, space travel, atomi...
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I am a veteran newspaper journalist, now retired (mostly) and committing my writing skills to rambling topics ranging from the small moments of ordinary life to the bigger elusive truths of our world. We still focus on facts more than the politics.
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